Trump Suggests He Can Use the Military on Bond Markets: ‘If We Have To Use That, We Will’

Source: www.mediaite.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:25:13 GMT

Trump was asked by a reporter whether he had directed Bessent to intervene in the bond market and what other options were on the table. The post Trump Suggests He Can Use the Military on Bond Markets: ‘If We Have To Use That, We Will’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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Left: 'Addled' Trump viciously mocked after flub: 'Bond market also two weeks away from a nuke?' — www.rawstory.com
Left: Wild gaffe as Trump threatens to unleash military on sluggish bond market — www.rawstory.com
Left: Trump Sparks Mockery After Suggesting Baffling New Use For The Military —
Center-Left: ‘What Is He Talking About?’ CNN’s Abby Phillip at a Loss After Trump Claims He Might Use the Military Against Bond Market — www.mediaite.com
Center-Left: Trump Reacts to Darline Graham’s Foreign Policy Flub: She’s Going to do ‘What the President Wants’ — www.mediaite.com
Center-Left: Maggie Haberman Describes Natalie Harp as Trump’s ‘Binkie’ — www.mediaite.com
Center-Left: America's capital crunch: Soaring debt collides with AI spending spree — www.axios.com
Right: Trump, Vance and Bessent try to calm the bond market with ‘alternative facts’ — www.marketwatch.com
Right: 'Blustering' Trump's credibility called into question by conservative WSJ — www.rawstory.com
Right: Iran Vows ‘Devastating’ Military Response: U.S. Readies to Unleash Toughest Sanctions to ‘Collapse’ Regime — www.breitbart.com
Right: Here’s how Bessent’s newly activist Treasury Department is undercutting the Fed’s Warsh — www.marketwatch.com

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